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Lewis C. Beck and John Torrey correspondence, 1819

by: Beck, Lewis C.(Lewis Caleb),1798-1853

Publication date: 1819

Topics: Botanical specimens, Plants, Identification, Beck, Lewis C. (Lewis Caleb), 1798-1853, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840, Wendover, P. H. (Peter Hercules), 1768-1834, Troy Lyceum of Natural History

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

Contributor: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Language: English

Item Size: 3.9M

John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden

Correspondence from Lewis C. Beck to John Torrey, dated 1819, discussing the particulars of where he found a specimen which Torrey informed him might be a new species. Beck laments his lack of books on botany and despairs of being able to learn more on the subject. He also asks Torrey if he has a book on fish he might borrow, and assures him he would be happy to accept any specimens Torrey should see fit to send him. He speculates on what it might take to produce a complete botany of the United States, and who might be up to the task

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Abstract: Correspondence from Lewis C. Beck to John Torrey, dated 1819, discussing the particulars of where he found a specimen which Torrey informed him might be a new species. Beck laments his lack of books on botany and despairs of being able to learn more on the subject. He also asks Torrey if he has a book on fish he might borrow, and assures him he would be happy to accept any specimens Torrey should see fit to send him. He speculates on what it might take to produce a complete botany of the United States, and who might be up to the task.